There is a 'gap' between starting outposts and using the glider launcher though. The 'achievement decline' is quite gradual, which is good in my opinion.

Nearly three-quarters of the surveyed players have played for over 50 hours. The options for 0-30 hours are barely used. Many of these people have played the game for over 100 hours, which we are quite impressed by. It's great to see so many people still with us from the original release date! Those who participated in the survey started playing the game at moments quite evenly distributed along the CS timeline. That's not a perfectly representative sample of either existing or future potential players, so these answers do require some interpretation. Survey respondents are mostly people who already own the game and follow these blogs because they like the game.

We think we can do that, but of course, there is a selection bias. We hope to learn something from this survey that would help us improve the game for both existing and future players. We promised to share the results, so here they are! Over 600 people did so! Thanks a lot for your effort, it's very helpful. Two weeks ago, we've asked you to participate in our survey.

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